Jay Halstead left for the army rangers leaving his mom, dad and little sister behind. His parents had gone through a messy divorce when he was 14 leaving the siblings living with different parents. He had little to no contact with Ellie for the next 5 years as his mom had moved her to Indiana. Leaving for the Rangers meant leaving his family behind. When he returned he tried to make any contact at all with any family, only to discover his dad had died only weeks earlier. 8 years later Jay is working under Hank Voight in the intelligence unit, who were like his family. Jay always worried about his sister, now she would be 18. Even during the 5 years of little contact he knew whenever he saw her something was wrong, but what?

A/n I recently discovered I may suffer from something called S.A.D so this is a story to raise awareness.

Some facts for this story:

-Jays brother on the show (The guy in Med) doesn't exist here.

-Jay is 27, Ellie is 18.

-This story is set in the same universe as my Gabby/Antonio Dawson story but it can be read alone.